Potter's Radcliffe to Play Gay Poet

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is now confirmed for John Krokidas' upcoming non-fiction thriller Kill Your Darlings. The actor is set to play renowned Beat-gen poet Allen Ginsberg.

Insiders at Twitch Film claim that once Radcliffe wraps his Broadway stint on How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, he will begin production on Darlings with Krokidas.

Radcliffe recently said his next role would likely be that of a gay man, and Ginsberg was openly homosexual and an early proponent for gay rights. Ginsberg recently portrayed onscreen by James Franco in last year's Howl.

The story, which is based on actual events, follows the complex, then-taboo relationship between Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Lucien Carr. Jesse Eisenberg, Chris Evans and Ben Whishaw were originally set to assume the three roles, but it is currently unknown if any of them are still attached.

Eisenberg was rumored to play Ginsberg, but this latest news confirms that he is now out of the running.

Radcliffe's The Woman in Black is also set to release this February. The actor's U.K.-based representatives declined to comment on his involvement with Kill Your Darlings.